The first week of NaNoWriMo has flown by. And thankfully, it has done so in a very productive manner! I am aiming for 1333 words a day to hit 40,000 by the end of the month. The first week has resulted in just over 12,000 words being typed. This is actually more than 2,500 words ahead of my goal, which feels great!

It’s even ahead of the required word count to hit 50,000 which is a typical National Novel Writing Month goal. Added to this is the fact that I penned the final words of E and E. This is the story of Ella Jarvis, who is the daughter of the main character in B and B. So that has been wonderful to achieve!

Now I should note, E and E isn’t fully finished, but I have determined the ending and the majority of the novel at just over 30,000 words. And the plan is still to finish this novel and continue on with the other 3 that are current works in progress. Stay tuned 🙂

After some helpful feedback from many of you in relation to different Christian horse romance banners, I have updated covers of some of my novels. If you enjoy reading a horse romance with a Christian focus – or know of someone that may – then I encourage you to check out the following (images are affiliate links to Amazon):

The Horse Missionary

A missionary trip north of Australia. Horses. A chance to reach out to teenage girls.

Cynthia Rogers finds herself surprised by an offer that is put to her from some church members. Even more surprising, is the fact that this offer combines her two passions: horses and the Christian faith.

As she embarks on a trip to northern Australia, she has no idea what awaits her: a smooth talking local who likes to catch the eye of young women; teenage girls who don’t realise their worth and one stocky horseman who’s willing to teach her what he knows about natural horsemanship.

Christian Horse Romances as a Genre

Refuge

Stephanie Jackson has no time for men, nor any interest in them. Men are trouble and won’t hesitate to use their brawn and power to control and try to take what they want.

Committed to live a reclusive life just as soon as she can, the young woman is dismayed to find that she has piqued the interest of a man at church. As her passion for horses is discovered, Tali uses it to reach out to her. Between the sensitive Christian man, some beautiful performance horses and a passionate pastor keen to share his faith, Stephanie finds herself suddenly on a journey she didn’t sign up for.

B and B

Things are changing…

Ben likes his life at Happy Trails. As a trail guide on a property in Australia he doesn’t have to work hard to make friends. All he needs to do is make sure his clients are safe on their horses and have an enjoyable ride.

Ben can manage that. He loves that he can work with horses all day, every day. The humans are an added annoyance but he only has to deal with them in short bouts.

The new cook hired for the farm looks like she could be a complication. Ben is averse to change and he is certain her arrival means change.

Brooke knows the trial position as cook at Happy Trails is a blessing. She needs a job to support herself and her daughter – the fact that she can cook for an income is an added bonus.
If she can just avoid the interest of trail guide and jokester Jake, she’ll be fine. After all, she isn’t interested in a new male in her life. She just wants to focus on her daughter and make a future for them.

The Horse Missionary is now live on Amazon and I’m rapt to have released a book for September! I’ve decided on some Christian horse banners and now Refuge has had a cover update. From here on out there is a banner that’ll sit across each of my standalone Christian horse romances.

In other horse book news, Chairo (Free Rein #9) has had it’s first review which was an absolute delight to read:

I’ve been reading this series to my 11 year old granddaughter and both of us love the books. She is a horse lover and has enjoyed all the information about horses that’s been woven throughout the stories. We both also like the way it teaches godly lessons in a variety of ways as the kids in the books interact with each other. We were so glad when we saw this book #9 available and both of us groaned when we finished and there were no more. We are hoping she writes another one very (very) soon!

The above is heart warming, particularly because the aspects that this grandmother and grand daughter pair appreciate about the series, is what it’s all about!

1. it teaches about horses in each episode, focusing on different aspects of horse care
2. it teaches about God and the bible through the main characters

I am continuing with a follow on from B and B currently for my October writing focus, but based on the above review, perhaps I should be building on the Free Rein #11 ideas that I have penned!